[...Should he...not have said anything??? Sonic's look slowly shifts to slightly bemused confusion as Shadow seems to process what he's hearing, and Sonic laughs again.]

Yeah, I didn't expect it either! I mean, I've spent so much time rejecting Amy and I thought she was the only one who'd ever be interested, because I really never had a lot of interest, and--

[Shadow's last words get Sonic's attention though, and with all of the casualness one would expect;]

I mean, I could, but that'd be a lie? [...] Neo and I have been dating for...eesh, feels like months now! But you're thinking of the right guy!

[Sonic says this in the most :D tone in the world, oblivious to Shadow's pain.]